mtnman

The University is not DI. They are NAIA and NCCAA which is the Christian College association. Doesn't matter really. Yes, Temple High School is DI which means the students that play varsity athletics must be the ones that pay their bill. They may not recieve scholarship. Also, don't believe everything you read on the internet.

They didnt have the players to play like they have in the past several years. When he played, they HAD to play good defense, slow the game down and shoot the threes. He is not insulting the present system. Give him a break. Temple beat some pretty good teams back in the day and one one state championship. Without the Skogens, they will have to play different style, even if Sexton stays around. The game changes with your personel. Give him time.

Don't forget the Chattanoogan.com.

personally, I think it is a good hire. He may not have a lot of experience but he is going to bring a lot of enthusiasim to the program and hopefully a love for his school.

good win for the Patriots. Are they the best public school in Chattanooga this year? They certainly would be favored to win the district and region tournaments in A/AA.

He played JV at David Brainerd. I think the one year only applies to varsity players.

Like I said, Grouthouse sat out a full year at David Brainerd. That made him eligible since he did not play varsity basketball. Not sure what the hardship would be. Getting a new coach is not hardship. Also, from what I have heard, Arnold is very experienced. He has been a head coach at the high school and college level. I don't think because they hired in house, they aren't getting someone as good as Salter.

grouthous sat out a year. After that, he was eligbile no matter where he went. Unless you move 20 miles to a new school district, you are ineligible even if it is to a public school.

They will have to sit out a year. That could really hurt if these kids plan on getting recruited. Kids like to talk. Doubt it will actually happen.

I was just reading on TSSAA about the changes. If you haven't seen it, you have to read it. Why does basketball have open gym but soccer cannot. This doesn't make sense to me. I don't mind some restrictions... but soccer teams should be allowed to have open field in the fall and winter. This means a bunch of guys/girls cannot get together and play soccer after school in the off-season. This is ridiculous. There are other changes but this one really bothers me. NEW--- went back and read some more... girls can have open field but boys can't?

the last one I saw was the year Jonathan Adams and Charles Little went head to head in the dunk contest. It was pretty awesome.

The last several coaches have been dads and I assume they work something out with tuition and therefor pay has not been a big issue. I am sure Coach Wadley is enjoying his paycheck this year. It will be hard to pay a good coach a reasonable wage, too many other options out there that pay much better. This is not just an issue at Temple but many other DI privates just don't pay as much as Hamilton County or Georgia.

my oldest child is in first grade. I don't have stats but I saw alot of games.

Vandy- how many Temple games have you seen this year? Skogen did not sit against these awful teams until he got at least 20 points. Ask the parents of the kids sat the bench. It didn't matter what they were up by, Skogen (and other seniors) played in the fourth quarter in almost every game. Again I am not argueing against him, he is clearly the best player in Class A. Not sure how they choose.

does temple have a team?

I doubt Skogen ever sat out a full quarter all year but I think he got shafted as well.

we can probably stop the perdictions since the game was on Thursday. McCallie won 5-1.

I believe he is saying losing Mcneil will be a major problem for Soddy next year because he IS such a good player. They only loose two player BUT one is McNeil and that will make a big difference for the Trojans. Any word on a coach?

Red Bank is descent but McCallie is very strong. McCallie 4 Red Bank 0

Ball had 22. They must have been a small team. That's great for Ball. He doesn't usually score that much but has the potential to do it. I am happy for CSAS.

Top ten scores from Tuesday: CCS 3 Sweetwater 1 McCallie 9 Christian Heritage 0 CSAS 2 Red Bank 1 Ooltewah 2 Grace 1 McMinn Co. 1 Baylor 1 Soddy ? Notre Dame ? Questions: (I know it is early but) Is Ooltewah ranked too high? Soddy-ND will tell us how good ND is. Is McMinn Co as good as Baylor?

no heresay happening here.

it is and always should be against the rules to recruit. DII schools cannot recruit any more than DI privates or publics. It's against the rules in all divisions. I am not saying it doesn't happen but I have heard people say time and time again that DII schools can recruit. And yes, we all know that some private and public schools do recruit. The diff is offering need based financial assistant to athletes. And yes, I do believe most DII schools would like to either have all privates together or eliminate DII.

thats interesting news.

Give Temple a call. I am sure they would love to play you again.